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No one knows Washington secrets like Paul Bedard. This longtime DC reporter joined The Washington Examiner in early 2012 after penning U.S. News & World Report's premiere political column, "Washington Whispers," for more than a decade. Be sure to follow Paul on Twitter at @SecretsBedard, subscribe to him on Facebook -- he's facebook.com/SecretsBedard -- and sign up for his email newsletter to get all of Paul's Washington Secrets delivered to your inbox every morning.

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  • Big Labor sells its only college -- to a church

    Paul Bedard

    Updated: 1 hr ago

    After a year on the market, the AFL-CIO has finally sold its National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md., another sign that the nation's once enormous labor movement has fallen on hard times. The sprawling 46-acre facility adjacent to the Capital Beltway will be taken over by a church and a...

  • Giant octopus: IRS has 8 offices to enforce Obamacare

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    The Internal Revenue Service, charged with implementing the biggest change in tax laws in 20 years due to Obamacare, has created eight offices and special "teams" to handle the chore, way more than initially revealed. Besides the top office headed by the woman in the middle of the IRS-Tea...

  • Judo-practicing 'Iron Lady' Takes over EU, boosts U.S. trade

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Get ready to hear more about the Judo-loving president of Lithuania dubbed the "Iron Lady" for her harsh austerity measures used to yank the Baltic state out of economic disaster without any outside help. That's because not only does Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite's country take over...

  • After IRS, Benghazi scandals, public trust shifts to GOP

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    The Democratic Party's edge over the GOP on who the public trusts more on ethics and corruption issues has flipped in the wake of the IRS and Benghazi scandals, according to Rasmussen Reports.

  • Cybercrime breaches $1 trillion a year, China mostly to blame

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Cybercrime and efforts to thwart computer attacks have finally crossed the $1 trillion a year line and Chinese sources are to blame for 89 percent of the high-tech assaults, according to a leading computer security executive and the National Security Administration. The wave of attacks has...

  • Businesses already boosting employee premiums, co-pays for Obamacare

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    Already hit with cost increases to cover minor Obamacare demands, businesses are boosting employee payments through higher insurance premiums and doctor visit co-pays in advance of the bulk of the health reform law's rules taking effect Jan. 1. A sweeping survey of several hundred U.S....

  • OAS: Legalization might reduce North America's $140b drug problem

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    A highly anticipated report on the international drug trade unveiled in Washington on Monday revealed that the industry in North America is worth $140 billion of the annual worldwide $330 billion illegal drug trade. The analysis by the Organization of American States, a year in the making,...

  • 99% Occupy movement backs 1 percenter McAuliffe

    Paul Bedard

    Yesterday

    The Occupy Movement, which camped out in parks nationwide to speak for the non-wealthy 99 percent of the nation during the 2012 elections, is going to bat for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, an admitted member of the 1 percent club. Occupy Roanoke issued a call to...

  • 45% of illegal immigrants kicked out for crime would get amnesty under bill

    Paul Bedard

    Yesterday

    The Senate "Gang of Eight's" immigration reform bill goes so easy on illegal immigrants involved in crime that nearly half of those kicked out of the country in the past six months for criminal acts would be allowed to stay and qualify for legal status, according to a new analysis. According...


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